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Prime Minister Mark Carney makes an announcement with Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the Darlington Energy Complex in Courtice, Ont., on Oct. 23.

Gus Carlson is a U.S.-based columnist for The Globe and Mail.

As culturally incongruous as it may seem, the dust-up over the Government of Ontario’s anti-tariff television advertisement that enraged U.S. President Donald Trump suggests that once in a while Canada needs a bully.

And it has found one in Ontario Premier Doug Ford . Suddenly, Mr. Ford’s chronic unvarnished brashness, which for years has rubbed many Ontarians the wrong way, has become an asset when it comes to fighting fire with fire.

With the ad, featuring clips of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan talking about the dangers of tariffs for America and its workers, M

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